Batagur kachuga turtles have been translocated and released in the Ganga river and tagged with sonic devices to monitor them.

Vaishali Shroff’s Submerged Worlds and Other Amazing Stories of India’s Mighty Rivers is a deeply moving exploration of India’s rivers. Well-researched and readable stories take you through their ...

Green jobs are evolving beyond technical roles and fieldwork; people with skills or experience in fields such as engineering, finance, architecture, communications, law and others can find positions ...

A research team is drilling boreholes in Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to measure glacier temperatures and understand why Himalayan glaciers are warming and melting faster than expected. Data from the ...

Dam for a dam On December 25, 2024, Xinhua, the official state news agency of China said the Chinese government had approved plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam in Medog county, which, when built, ...

You’re listening to ‘ Everything Environment ‘ by Mongabay-India. This is Wild Frequencies, a three-part podcast mini-series. Kartik Chandramouli (KC): Hello and welcome back to episode 2 of Wild ...

Municipal solid waste from India contributed to 10% of waste leakage to the world’s rivers in 2020, according to a new study. In future scenarios where population growth is high, but urbanisation slow ...

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations that continued until the early 2000s. On occasions working ...

State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters. Unlike regular insurance schemes which are based on indemnity, ...

A new study that analysed consumption data in India found stark differences in the water, particulate matter and carbon footprints between the poorest and richest households. Water footprint rises by ...

On February 19, 2024, the Bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud refused to stay the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act of 2023 (FCAA). Instead, an interim order was passed upholding the 1996 ...

Assam’s Majuli island is dotted with an elaborate network of wetlands of varying sizes and characteristics, a marker of the island’s geological past. A large number of people have historically ...